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XNode.Ancestors Method

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Returns a collection of the ancestor elements of this node.

Namespace: System.Xml.Linq
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

public IEnumerable<XElement> Ancestors()

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<XElement>
An IEnumerable<T> of XElement of the ancestor elements of this node.

Remarks

This method does not return itself in the results.

The nodes in the returned collection are in reverse document order.

This method uses deferred execution.

Examples

The following example uses this method to enumerate the ancestors of a node.


StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
    new XElement("Child",
        new XElement("GrandChild", "content")
    )
);
IEnumerable<XElement> grandChild = xmlTree.Descendants("GrandChild");
foreach (XElement el in grandChild.Ancestors())
    output.Append(el.Name + Environment.NewLine);

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();